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Psa. 79:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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We are become a reproachx to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

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Deut. 28:37• ³⁷And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee. (Deut. 28:37)

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Psa. 44:13‑14• ¹³Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
¹⁴Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. (Psa. 44:13‑14)

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Psa. 80:6• ⁶Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors: and our enemies laugh among themselves. (Psa. 80:6)

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Psa. 89:41• ⁴¹All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbors. (Psa. 89:41)

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Deut. 28:37• ³⁷And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee. (Deut. 28:37)

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Jer. 24:9• ⁹And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them. (Jer. 24:9)

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Jer. 25:18• ¹⁸To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; (Jer. 25:18)

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Jer. 42:18• ¹⁸For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more. (Jer. 42:18)

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Lam. 2:15‑16• ¹⁵All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
¹⁶All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it. (Lam. 2:15‑16)

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Lam. 5:1• ¹Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. (Lam. 5:1)

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Ezek. 35:12• ¹²And thou shalt know that I am the Lord, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume. (Ezek. 35:12)

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Ezek. 36:3,15• ³Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:
¹⁵Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord God. (Ezek. 36:3,15)

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1 Kings 9:7• ⁷Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: (1 Kings 9:7)

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Neh. 2:19• ¹⁹But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king? (Neh. 2:19)

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Neh. 4:1‑4• ¹But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
²And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
³Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
⁴Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: (Neh. 4:1‑4)

• Apparently the enemy has completely triumphed over God’s people, leaving them utterly helpless; in reproach and derision before the world. (“Psalms 79” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision to them that are round about us.